Jeff Rogers

I've lived all over the United States but currently live in Seattle. Professionally I implement hypervisors. Previously I helped optimize portfolios at a hedge fund and intercepted radio signals for the government. I studied math and CS at Harvard.

If you want to get in touch you can email me at jeff@delimitedoptions.com. I try to reply to everyone and am usually happy to hear from people.

Businesses I've Made

ChronoGeo

Visualize geospatial data over time. Or, in plain english, put pictures and text on a map.

Products I've Created

Font Examiner

Browser extension to view fonts on webpages.

Software I've Written

QuickBuild (qb)

Dead simple build and package management for C++.

Ginja

Jinja2 templates for Go.

Questions I Think About

• Why has no one made an actually useful language learning app?
• Why is good management so rare?
• Why is creating a reliable, performant, and globally available application so hard?
• Why do cultural differences between countries persist in cases where other cultures are clearly superior?
• What new organizational forms need to be developed to support civilization beyond Earth?
• What should we teach kids?
• What is the fastest way for an ambitious person to start doing high-impact work?
• How can manufacturers in high labor cost countries compete in the global market?
• How can productivity in the services sector (particularly low-skill services) improve while maintaining high levels of customer service?
• How many pivotal lives were there? How often do pivotal events pass by without anyone rising to the occassion?

Things I No Longer Think About

• Most areas of philosophy—particularly ethics and aesthetics. I don't think there are moral facts, and talking about morality outside the context of a given society makes no sense. Aesthetics are real but historically contingent and unlikely to be universal.
• Religion. I disagree with the (often quite smart) people who claim we will see a religious revival.